This is a repair I did a couple days ago that I'm really proud of. I bought this Seiko watch new last year, and it had really severe positional variance. It was running about +10 sec/day in the dial up position; and in the vertical positions it wa…
Continue readingWobbly Escape Wheel
I'm servicing an old Benrus watch with an ETA 1281 movement. The escape wheel is wobbling back and forth, as you can see in the video. Looking at it through a loupe, it looks like it is the lower pivot/bearing where the wobble is happening, not th…
Continue readingAccutron 219 Railroad Watch
I recently got a good deal on this 1976 Bulova Accutron Railroad watch with the uncommon single-coil 219 movement that was used in…
Continue readingUnusual 1973 Accutron
Just got this 1973 Accutron yesterday. Its big for an early 70s Accutron, 38x43mm case, but it looks awesome. I love the oval dia…
Continue readingCrawford Watch
I recently found out that there used to be a watch brand called Crawford! That’s my last name, so of course I had to buy one. This one was made in the 60s and has an AS 1187 movement. It looks a lot better in real life; the light has really exaggerated the blemishes in the finish on it in the photo.
Continue readingI’m going to have to service it; it runs but the amplitude is low and its losing about ten minutes a day!
Interestingly, the movement has “Grewaco”…
Servicing a 70 Year Old Benrus
I have been working on repairing a 70 year old Benrus Citation Copley watch that I inherited from my grandfather. I had taken it …
Continue readingJust Bought a Vintage Seiko Automatic Dress Watch
I just bought this Seiko 7009-8279-P with the aim of servicing it to wear. I think it is from the late 1970s, but I’m not certain. I love the linen texture dial!
When I got it, it had a huge amount of beat error, 9ms, and was running 117 seconds a day slow. The crown would not push in all the way either. I opened it up and cleaned a bunch of gunk off the area where the back seals to the case. I pulled the stem and found the inside of the crown was…
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